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BOXES FOR CIGAR-FUSES.

Specifica-tion forming part of Letters Patent No. 53,678, dated April 3, 1866.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY REIMANN, ot' No. 7 Vilson street, in the eastern district ot' ofthe city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Boxes for Oontaining Fuses; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot this specification, in which- Figure l is a side view ot' a box constructed according to lny invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a transverse section, and Fig. 4 is an end view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several gures.

This invention relates to fuse-boxes with two compartments, one for carrying the fuses and the other for holding them when ignited and while lighting a cigar or pipe.

It consists in a novel construction of such box and mode of fitting a sliding lid thereto, whereby the lid is made to close both compartments or to open either one at pleasure, always keeping one closed while the other is open, and thereby always keeping the fuses in the one compartment protected from the tire or sparks of that which is ignited in the other.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, l will proceed to dcscribe it with reference to the drawings.

A is the body of the box, which may be punched ont ot' a single piece, or otherwise constructed of sheet metal of a form convenient for carrying in the pocket. This box is divided into two compartments, m m, by a transverse partition, c, the larger compartment for containing and carrying the fuses, and the smaller one servingl as a receptacle for the lighted fuse while lighting a cigar or pipe. Along the upper edges of the sides of the box slight longitudinal grooves or indentations c are formed to receive the edges of the lid B in such manner that it may slide easily on the body lengthwise thereof without coming oft' in an upward direction.

The lid B is made of one piece of sheet metal. It has its edges turned over, as shown at v c in Figs. 3 and 4, and has at one end a lip, b, turned over to form'a stop, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4,`and on one side, near the other end, a lip, 11', turned over to form another stop. These stops serve to prevent thelid from being drawn oft the box, and yet enable it to move far enough vlongitudinally in either direction to uncover one or other of the two compartments. lVhen the larger compartment mis to be opened to take out a fuse the lid is moved toward the smaller compartment, but is prevented from opening thelatter by the stop b coming in contact with the stop g on the side of the box, as shown in red lines in Fig. 1. When the smallercompartment is opened to place therein the lighted fuse the lid is moved in the opposite direction to that above specified, but prevented from opening the larger compartment by the stop b coinng in contact with the partition c. The object of always keeping one o t' the compartments covered up is to prevent sparks from falling among the fuses.

To ignite the fuses a rough surface is formed on any one side of the box in any way. The knobs d are formed on the top of the lid B, to enable it to be more easily operated. Boxes of this construction can be used for all kinds ot' fuses and friction-matches.

What I cla-im as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The box with two compartments and with a sliding lid and stops, so constructed and arranged as to permit either compartment to be opened, but to prevent both from being opened or uncovered at the same time, substantially as herein described.

HENRY REIMANN.

Vitnesses:

A. LE CLERC, J. W. CooMBs. 

